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FEI Is Moving Out of the Lab
And Into New Growth Prospects

By

Jeff D. Opdyke Staff Reporter of The Wall Street Journal

Updated Jan. 13, 1999 12:01 a.m. ET

Computer chips are shrinking, and that means profits could soon be expanding at FEI Co.

That, at least, is the belief of Bill Dezellem, a portfolio manager at Financial Aims, the money-management arm of D.A. Davidson, a Great Falls, Mont., brokerage firm. Mr. Dezellem has been snapping up shares of FEI on the expectation that a growing demand for its products will propel FEI's earnings and, ultimately, its share price. His fund...